Welcome from DanEDGE Students and Parents:Welcome to the EDGE Program. We are excited to embark on our 2nd year of transforming education in order to make learning more meaningful for our students while ensuring they are developing the skills necessary to take on all of life’s future challenges. As we embark on this school year, I am enamored with the amount of energy and motivation our students possess. They are motivated by their own personal success, driven to create opportunities that will help in developing a college portfolio and connections with business mentors. Our students are developing an attitude of confidence and are becoming fearless in creating incredible opportunities for their future.

This past summer, many of our teachers had the opportunity to engage in professional development with education leaders such as AJ Juliani and Ron Berger. Through this experience, we recognized we are on the right path in educating our students for the 21st Century and preparing them for the jobs of tomorrow. We have made significant changes in our learning model to ensure the engagement of deeper learning and the creation of professional products and information.

The success of our program is reliant on the partnership between parents and school. Please engage in your student’s learning, question their process, motivation, learning and quality of work. We know if we all work together, our students have the opportunity to achieve greatness and prepare for a life of success.

HomecomingThis is Homecoming week at Legend. The EDGE students will have a float in Wednesday’s Homecoming Parade. Please come support the kids and LHS. The parade is from 5-6 pm starting at Legend and going up Canterberry Parkway to Cimarron Middle School. If you haven’t already done so, please send in a bag or two of candy for the kids to toss. This can be given to your students Crew Time teacher or Josh Morris. Thanks for your support!

Student Achievements Congratulations to EDGE students Jenna Hansen, Makenna Nystedt, and Kate Brunetti for their publications in The American Library of Poetry’s2017 publication, Treasured!

A huge shout out to Darren Withey and the seven EDGE students who traveled to Spain this past summer! Living with host families, students swiftly acclimated to the rich culture and traditions, each walking away understanding more Spanish than when they left and returning home with a memorable, life-altering experience. Upon their return, EDGE families are hosting 9 Spaniard students, currently teaching them American culture and traditions! EDGE is looking to continue this annual pilgrimage to Spain in the summer of 2018. Darren Withey will send out more upcoming information regarding travel and hosting students this year! These students are taking HUGE RISKS and reaping the benefits each and every day from their experiences. Buen trabajo EDGErs!

Youth Leadership Douglas CountyCongratulations to two EDGE sophomores Enzo Ewari and Grace Krumwiede for being accepted into the Youth Leadership Douglas County program. This is a two year program that will engage and educate them about their community and their place in it as young leaders. Thanks Enzo and Grace for representing Legend in this program!

FundraisingFundraising updateThe EDGE learning model seeks to challenge the traditional thinking of educational practices. EDGE was created to provide students the opportunity to pursue their own passions through a personalized learning model, learning from teachers but also our surrounding community of professionals and parents. Students engage in authentic and memorable experiences, connected through all content areas allowing them to develop the skills needed to compete in a global society. We have kicked off our annual Fundraising event. We have tried to make fundraising as simple as possible for our families, while eliminating program fees. In order to create the memorable learning experiences (field experiences, outdoor education, transportation, technology, supplies, etc...) , we need to supplement funds through fundraising. Essentially, each student is required to send a form email to twenty businesses, friends or family asking to support your child's education. Our fundraising goal is $40,000, around $220 per student. Please support our effort to create the most incredible learning experiences for your student. With 56% of our students meeting their goal of 20 meaningful emails sent, we have currently raised over $16,000. Thank you to all of our families for their support in creating the most powerful learning experience for our students.

King Soopers CardsWe have King Soopers Cards available to purchase from Mrs. Reedy in the Epod office. The cost is $5 and here is how it works. You buy a gift card from EDGE for $5.00 (there is already $5.00 loaded on the card) and you reload the card with any amount up to $500 and then use the card to pay for purchases at King Soopers. EDGE will received 5% of the group totals. The card can be used for fuel purchases as well as food and will never expire. Please see Wendy to get you King Soopers Card or if you have any questions.

Community Fundraising SupportWe are very proud of our students, and their ownership of our fundraising efforts. Several students have reached out to local businesses on their own seeking support of our program. Our first partnership is with LJK Portraits. If you are seeking individual or family portraits, LJK is willing to donate a portion of profit back to the EDGE program.

“Our hope is to draw as many families that we are able to not only help fund this crazy-good program, but to deliver the value of existing in print together, savoring this time in their lives!”

10th Grade ParentsThe 10th grade team of mentors is so excited to be working with your students this year! We are diving into our first intensive units for the year: We Built this City, and Mi Casa es Su Casa! We have been seeing some exciting discoveries by your students already and can’t wait to see where they take their learning. Please ask them about their projects and what they have been exploring in class!

Mentor AppreciationEDGE parents love to spoil our mentors! We like to do little things for them throughout the year. If you are interested in helping please contact Mindy Menard at mindy@imenard.com

Help wanted...EDGE Advisory BoardThe duties of the Advisory Board shall be to transact business between meetings in preparation for the general meeting, create standing rules and policies, create standing and temporary committees, prepare and submit a budget to the membership, approve routine bills, and prepare reports and recommendations to the membership.

The EDGE Advisory Board currently has openings in the following positions:Community member: 1 person who lives in the community to hear about, give input on, and serve as a liaison that is not a parent in the EDGE program.​EDGE Student LeadershipLeadership isn’t just about taking charge of a group or people, or being in charge. Leadership is about wanting to make a difference, and then taking charge and doing what you said you would do. Being a leader means that you are a friend to everyone, and that you are willing to stand up when no one else is. That is who we are and what we do. We are the EDGE leadership committee and we want to make a difference. As a committee, we all come together to plan; we get together as a group to plan activities and different ways that we can one help EDGE, and also our Legend community. In the past, we have given thank you posters to all of the different elective teachers for all they for us. We come up with ideas to help the old and new students in EDGE. In fact, one of our committee members came up with an idea to have a mentorship program for the freshmen, and new sophomores. Each student who has joined the mentor program has 2 to 3 students. Throughout the year, we will get to know these students, be there for them, help them. We want to be there for them so they know that they have someone there to help them when they don’t know what to do. The leadership committee has so many plans and ideas so that we can all make a difference. If you want to help, there is an open meeting for any sophomore, or freshmen that wants to join. The meeting will be on Wednesday, September 6th at 7:55 in Mrs. Bucher’s room, E209. The EDGE leadership team is really great, I personally love it because it has such a great loving environment, and it means that I can personally help make a difference, and that is something that is really important to me.

PSAT/ACT Prep ClassesAs part of the EDGE Learning Model, we dedicate several weeks in April in preparation for the Spring PSAT. This includes hiring an organization to help our students in test-taking strategies, navigating the test and exploring tested content. Below is information on test prep classes that would be beneficial for students to prepare for the Fall PSAT. The cost of one seminar is $79 or $150 for both the ACT & PSAT/SAT seminars. To register for a seminar, please go to www.prepforthefuture.com. Payment can be made online or your student may bring a check payable to Sycamore Learning Company to the seminar. The only materials needed are a calculator and two pencils. Enrollment is limited, so please register early.

Monday, September 11th and Tuesday, September 12th - PSAT/SAT Test Prep Session in the library from 3:15 - 5:45 each day.

Monday, October 23rd and Tuesday, October, 24th - ACT Test Prep Session in the library from 3:15 - 5:45 each day

Volunteer Opportunities2017 Ave Maria Fall FestivalVolunteers are needed to make the 2017 Fall Festival a success.Do you still need volunteer hours for high school? Volunteer for the fall festival and your service hours will count towards your volunteer hours at most of the local high schools. Please contact Allicia Cristinzio at 303-888-8795 with any questions. Sign up Here​​​SAVE OUR YOUTH 5KSave Our Youth mentoring program is starting a branch in Parker and is hosting its inaugural 5k fundraiser. This is a regular 5k running race, followed by a 5k walk. As it’s the first year, we are hoping for a great turnout of runners and walkers and we need you! There is a Parker Team page where you could sign up for the race or support the mission by making a donation or sharing with friends. Please consider supporting the work (and you know its good work!) we are doing in Parker and all over town. MILES FOR MENTORING 5K